Aug 15, 2021
TWO UMONHON INDIAN RELATIVES COME TO VISIT
Two UmonHon Indian relatives dropped in for a lovely short visit! I had not seen them since November 2018, but for a period of 3 years we saw each other…
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Jul 15, 2021
THE BLUE HOUSE AMONG THE OMAHA IS NO MORE… BUT HOW IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE .. THANK YOU
When I became a Consultant Endocrinologist to the two Indian tribes in the northeastern part of Nebraska, I was confronted with the problem of lodgings while I was there on…
Jul 15, 2021
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE FRENCH PARADOX ? THEY DEFINITELY EAT BETTER. VARIETY. SMALL PORTION. FRESHLY COOKED.
I have been in this small Breton city/large village of Quiberon which is very tourist oriented, but I had come to visit people who live here. Our meals are usually…
Jun 15, 2021
HOW TO INCREASE YOUR THINKING POWER? HAVE AN ABSOLUTE DAY OF TRANQUILITY AND BLISS WITH NO ANXIETY
I have had two days of absolute tranquility, calm and mental balance. No one else is in this house, I have my coffee at the patio looking at the green…
Jun 15, 2021
WHY ARE WE SO SILENT ABOUT THE SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE OF IRAN? LET EACH ONE OF US DO A LITTLE TO ALLEVIATE THEIR SUFFERING
I have been marooned in Miami, unable to travel since March 2020, except for a trip to Cuba. Certainly I have taken advantage of this imposed isolation and put my…
May 15, 2021
WHAT IS THE INDIAN FOOD SERVED IN “INDIAN” RESTARAURANTS OUTSIDE INDIA
Landladies and Inn keepers may have offered "curried" dishes before then, but this was the first restaurant owned and operated by and an Indian, a Bengali Muslim Sake Dean Mohammed,…
May 15, 2021
CHOC, ROSES AND CHE.. LIFE IS COMPLETE, WROTE MY BEST FRIEND FROM ASIA
I had sent photographs of my happy day to my best friend in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and her comment was : Choc Roses and Che . Life is complete she…
May 15, 2021
A WONDERFUL DAY IN MIAMI: WITH GRATITUDE TO ALL THAT WHICH WAS LEARNED IN THIS YEAR OF ISOLATION
It was a nice day here in Miami today. The weather was picture perfect. I had contact with many of my friends around the world. The men of letters that…
May 15, 2021
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM MIAMI … WHERE SHALL I GO ?
These are the countries which are close to my heart and in each one of them there are conflicts of one sort of another: all politicized, whether it is the…
May 15, 2021
BE PART OF THE WELLBEING OF OTHERS, GOOD KARMA
Why do people Migrate? is it for themselves or for the country that are migrating to ? Is it a fair question to ask a Syrian fleeing Alep, to go…
Apr 15, 2021
CUBAN SOLIDARITY, NORTH AMERICAN FRAGILITY AND JALALUDDIN RUMI ..
While at the beginning of the Pandemic in 2020 and the various types of isolation that were to follow, many people, including me, welcomed the isolation and lack of intrusion…
Apr 15, 2021
MARVELS OF TECHNOLOGY: THE FUTURE WHERE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEETS HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
This morning I received a message from an artist friend of mine from Teheran. and included was a song "I really love this song. I cant understand the meaning of…
Apr 15, 2021
WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY KARMA, THE UBIQUITOUS WORD MISREPRESENTED IN THE WESTERN MIND
IN 2008, On an Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Siem Reap, Cambodia, I met MCY who would become my closest friend in Asia. We shared/continue to share…
Mar 15, 2021
LACK OF FREEDOM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A REFUGEE ?
The Nation of USA, has become much gentler under their new President, Mr Joe Biden. He has welcomed the children arriving at the border by themselves rather than throwing them…
Mar 15, 2021
IKIGAI THE JAPANESE CONCEPT IN THE MODERN WORLD
When I began my journeys in the Americas, I was impressed with the wealth of literature available. At that time, I did not speak Spanish or Portugues, thus my world…
Mar 15, 2021
IT IS WEDNESDAY IN IRAN, CHARSHANBEH SOORI… CAN NOWRUZ BE FAR BEHIND?
Charshanbeh soori When did it all begin? The White Balloon ? or Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia an unlikely place for an introduction? Fire in all monotheistic religions, man is given the…
Mar 15, 2021
WE TAKE PRIDE IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE BUT IS IT BECOMING LESS FREE ?
Regardless of which part of the world you live in, there is a slow slipping towards the right in body politics. Of course we will not talk about countries where…
Feb 15, 2021
I HAVE RECEIVED MY VACCINE.. SO THAT MY PATIENTS ARE SAFE..
I work for a special community and they were prioritized to receive vaccines for all the Health Care workers as well as all the members of the community. The Health…